Alaska?
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Apparently both Schneider and PAM have operations in Alaska.
Apparently both Schneider and PAM have operations in Alaska.
Thanks for that. Hmmm, when I look on their sites, they don't show any facilities in Alaska (AK), PAM doesn't even have that state in their drop down menu, and they both may advertise in AK, but when you look at the actual job, it says for the "48 states".
That's what I've been running in to a lot while trying to find any companies up there. Companies will advertise, but it turns out the job isn't actually located there, it's for the lower 48. Surely someone has to have a company up there.
I stand corrected. I did find a job available from Schneider up in Alaska. I also put in a terminal search and was able to find a couple more:
Carlile Lynden Transport
Sweet.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
I stand corrected. I did find a job available from Schneider up in Alaska. I also put in a terminal search and was able to find a couple more:
Carlile Lynden Transport
Sweet.
Lynden trans is a union company,Carlile is LTL ,Most companies are LTL or pickup delivery.Hard to get OTR because its just north to fairbanks and south to Kenai.United also union,They pickup from the docks and transport to warehouses.Lived in Alaska for 50 year and worked for must companies.Cosy of living is 50% higher than Texas.Have fun,good hunting and fishing,,,
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
LTL:
Less Than Truckload
Refers to carriers that make a lot of smaller pickups and deliveries for multiple customers as opposed to hauling one big load of freight for one customer. This type of hauling is normally done by companies with terminals scattered throughout the country where freight is sorted before being moved on to its destination.
LTL carriers include:
- FedEx Freight
- Con-way
- YRC Freight
- UPS
- Old Dominion
- Estes
- Yellow-Roadway
- ABF Freight
- R+L Carrier
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Speaking of Alaska, this is only partly related but does anyone know of any OTR jobs that regularly (at least during certain months) bring freight from the lower 48 to Alaska? I have to imagine there are some flatbed jobs bringing up pipe and equipment for oil fields, but I don't actually know.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Speaking of Alaska, this is only partly related but does anyone know of any OTR jobs that regularly (at least during certain months) bring freight from the lower 48 to Alaska? I have to imagine there are some flatbed jobs bringing up pipe and equipment for oil fields, but I don't actually know.
Most freight goes by Tote,Horizon,lynden by boat,they can get it to Alaska in 5 day's,cheaper and faster then you can drive it,Most freight goes OTR when they go on strike,Alaska is a union port,so only three listed above can pickup from docks.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Glad to hear PAM goes to Alaska, I'm training for them right now
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Was wondering if anyone has any info on trucking jobs in Alaska? I don't even see the state on the menu on another page on this forum.
Here's what I would like to plan:
Get trained, pass, get on the road as a solo driver, put in 3 years of hard work to gain experience.
At that point, I'd like to move to Alaska because I will have saved the majority of my earnings in that 3 years, and Alaska is where I've been wanting to move for awhile. At the same time, I would like to continue driving a truck. I realize that Alaska gets a lot of their things flown in, but trucks are still needed to deliver.
I've looked on the internet and I just find the random lists that you find when looking for any job, not actual companies. Does anyone know of Alaskan based companies that I can look in to for future reference?
Thank you for your time.